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doombug wrote:Rogue has been off since issue 1. I'm starting to think she was editorially pushed on Remender at this point.

Does she read this badly in Wood's new book?

If we didn't have years of character evolution in the Legacy book I don't think it would be as jarring as it's been here. And it's one of my only issues with the book, Remender is certainly a better writer than this. He's not one to get a characters voice wrong.

no in both X-Men and Cable and X-Force (where the Uncanny Avengers team has shown up) she is "normal"

Venom was added to the team after Cap put Hawkeye in charge (bro), but was added at Cap's endorsement.

I haven't read Remender Venom yet but I think its hinted at that he did some shit in the Marines. He did lose his legs and he shows some signs of guilt in the series. Plus he goes a bit over the edge and almost kills the clown dude in the serpent crown story.

Edit: Flash hasn't killed but the suit did shove a live grenade into Jack O'Lantern's mouth.

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Punchy wrote:How is Rogue acting out of character? Because she isn't saying 'sugah' every 10 seconds?

Remender's Rogue reads more like a spoiled brat who has a chip on her shoulder and is mad at the world and less like an accomplished team leader who has grown and developed since her creation in 1981. She just wants to fight and argue with everybody and while I have always thought that adding Rogue to an Avengers team was a good idea, her characterization in Uncanny Avengers is seriously making me rethink that. She acts like it is a chore for her to be there and like she doesn't want to be there at all. This is the type of behavior I would expect from Rogue after she left the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants and went to the X-Men for help but certainly not the Rogue that has led teams of X-Men and been a valued and respected teacher at the Xavier and/or Jean Grey Schools.

Punchy wrote:Meh, most of her bad moods can be explained by the death of Xavier, who was like a father to her.

Several of Xavier's students viewed him like a father figure, probably nobody as much as Scott Summers, who was forced to sit back while a cosmic entity used his body to murder him. I get the idea that Rogue could be a little depressed because of Xavier's death, however, she was invited to join the Avengers and all she has done since is be terrible to everybody around her. This is behavior that you would expect from the younger, inexperienced Rogue but not from present day Rogue. It just doesn't seem like Remender is taking any of Rogue's development into consideration when writing her.